If A Masseuse Gets It, Why Can’t Doctors

[rhubarb73]

Not sure if this deserves a full thread and the concept has been discussed elsewhere, but thought I would share my experience.
Today I went to a spa for a back massage that my wife had bought me as a gift.
I filled in the forms and declared my T2 status.
The young lady doing the massage discussed my T2 status before starting.
Her working assumption was that I would be testing my BGL and would want to know the effect the treatment would have on my readings.
I was impressed. She is far less qualified than my GP but has a better working understanding of managing T2 day to day. My GP thinks I shouldn’t bother testing.

 

[dbr10]

Not sure if this deserves a full thread and the concept has been discussed elsewhere, but thought I would share my experience.
Today I went to a spa for a back massage that my wife had bought me as a gift.
I filled in the forms and declared my T2 status.
The young lady doing the massage discussed my T2 status before starting.
Her working assumption was that I would be testing my BGL and would want to know the effect the treatment would have on my readings.
I was impressed. She is far less qualified than my GP but has a better working understanding of managing T2 day to day. My GP thinks I shouldn’t bother testing.

GP might think you should be testing but won't give you strips and a meter because the cost money. So he/she says don't test.

 

[DavidGrahamJones]

My GP thinks I shouldn’t bother testing.

Just towing the party line. Doctors don't get into trouble if they follow the rules dictated to them by NICE/NHS. They don't seem to be able to think outside the box or for themselves. Some do though.

You might have seen my thread regarding a friend of 30+ years, a GP, now a retired, said I took my condition too seriously. Yep, that's me, no serious complications to date, unlike my old dad who has never taken his diabetes seriously.

 

[kitedoc]

Not sure if this deserves a full thread and the concept has been discussed elsewhere, but thought I would share my experience.
Today I went to a spa for a back massage that my wife had bought me as a gift.
I filled in the forms and declared my T2 status.
The young lady doing the massage discussed my T2 status before starting.
Her working assumption was that I would be testing my BGL and would want to know the effect the treatment would have on my readings.
I was impressed. She is far less qualified than my GP but has a better working understanding of managing T2 day to day. My GP thinks I shouldn’t bother testing.

Ignorance is bliss, for some !!! What if the doc, or his/her the son, daughter, spouse had T2D?. Would they be recommending no meter readings then??

 

[JohnEGreen]

Not sure if this deserves a full thread and the concept has been discussed elsewhere, but thought I would share my experience.
Today I went to a spa for a back massage that my wife had bought me as a gift.
I filled in the forms and declared my T2 status.
The young lady doing the massage discussed my T2 status before starting.
Her working assumption was that I would be testing my BGL and would want to know the effect the treatment would have on my readings.
I was impressed. She is far less qualified than my GP but has a better working understanding of managing T2 day to day. My GP thinks I shouldn’t bother testing.

Well for one thing she is not encumbered with a Medical Degree.